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Betrayed By The Hero's Party, I Summoned Their Replacements 4: A LitRPG Adventure
277 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 27, 2026
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July 6, 2026
I skimmed this. There’s no better way to put it.
The ending for this story and the series as a whole isn’t satisfying, and looking back at the story, it feels, for lack of a better term, soulless.
None of the characters changed or grew as people. Many of the questions about the archive aren’t resolved, or are resolved in a way that undermines the tension of the previous three books. The resolution for Reed personally feels cheep and undeserved.
And while I’ve got your attention, going into this, don’t be surprised to find out that Elara, the mage that Reed enslaved upon threat of death in the second book, whom he’s been dragging around the kingdom barefoot and in rags, has decided that she’s actually probably better of staying Reed’s slave, because upon deep reflection and self consideration, Elara’s decided that having her life bound up in a magical contract which can literally kill her is better than having freedom. Freedom, afterall, means she might do bad things again. She needs the stability and unyielding threat of the covenant to make sure she stays well behaved. But hey, on the bright side, she’s done enough to earn proper food, clothes, and shoes by the end of this book.
Everyone else just goes back to living in a single room with one bed which has magically stretched to fit five people, and maybe, just maybe if Reed is feeling like it, he might summon someone else. Or maybe the system will just do it for him, since it was established that the summoning skill was something the system could activate on its own when it felt like it.
All in all, across 4 books, I’d summarize this series as a series of escalating events which were inserted in order to retain tension but were rarely seeded in prior points in the story. The main purpose was to get Reed in bed with women who have the character depth of cardboard. None of the proceeding books earn the ending in this one.
I wouldn’t recommend this book, nor the series.
The ending for this story and the series as a whole isn’t satisfying, and looking back at the story, it feels, for lack of a better term, soulless.
None of the characters changed or grew as people. Many of the questions about the archive aren’t resolved, or are resolved in a way that undermines the tension of the previous three books. The resolution for Reed personally feels cheep and undeserved.
And while I’ve got your attention, going into this, don’t be surprised to find out that Elara, the mage that Reed enslaved upon threat of death in the second book, whom he’s been dragging around the kingdom barefoot and in rags, has decided that she’s actually probably better of staying Reed’s slave, because upon deep reflection and self consideration, Elara’s decided that having her life bound up in a magical contract which can literally kill her is better than having freedom. Freedom, afterall, means she might do bad things again. She needs the stability and unyielding threat of the covenant to make sure she stays well behaved. But hey, on the bright side, she’s done enough to earn proper food, clothes, and shoes by the end of this book.
Everyone else just goes back to living in a single room with one bed which has magically stretched to fit five people, and maybe, just maybe if Reed is feeling like it, he might summon someone else. Or maybe the system will just do it for him, since it was established that the summoning skill was something the system could activate on its own when it felt like it.
All in all, across 4 books, I’d summarize this series as a series of escalating events which were inserted in order to retain tension but were rarely seeded in prior points in the story. The main purpose was to get Reed in bed with women who have the character depth of cardboard. None of the proceeding books earn the ending in this one.
I wouldn’t recommend this book, nor the series.
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July 7, 2026
sooo, the author has amnesia
I liked the story the universe etc. This last book though suffered from needing an editor for the whole series. He repeats explanations over and over. The book basically ends then we spend nearly a quarter more slowly wrapping things up that had been wrapped up. Twice, then we have the same conversation and revelations over and over. Then finally people come back to life. Not by being summoned, because the author forgot their dead, that he’d killed them personally, like Dain who he killed in a duel died in a dungeon. And Lyssa is suddenly writing him notes,
Somewhat jarring and disappointing.
I liked the story the universe etc. This last book though suffered from needing an editor for the whole series. He repeats explanations over and over. The book basically ends then we spend nearly a quarter more slowly wrapping things up that had been wrapped up. Twice, then we have the same conversation and revelations over and over. Then finally people come back to life. Not by being summoned, because the author forgot their dead, that he’d killed them personally, like Dain who he killed in a duel died in a dungeon. And Lyssa is suddenly writing him notes,
Somewhat jarring and disappointing.
July 3, 2026
Meh
I was excited for the ending of what was a great story, but the end was melancholy at best. The same thing said over and over just to fill pages like there was a minimum word count. And things were retconned too, the healer that he killed in a previous book writes him a letter at the end? Huh?
I expected something better, but it seemed like as the story dragged on and got more complicated the author ran out of ideas and lost interest. I still don't regret reading the first book, but I'd suggest making up your own ending.
I was excited for the ending of what was a great story, but the end was melancholy at best. The same thing said over and over just to fill pages like there was a minimum word count. And things were retconned too, the healer that he killed in a previous book writes him a letter at the end? Huh?
I expected something better, but it seemed like as the story dragged on and got more complicated the author ran out of ideas and lost interest. I still don't regret reading the first book, but I'd suggest making up your own ending.
June 28, 2026
Another AI written story 2/3rds full of filler words that ruins the entire story.
As the title states, only read every other paragraph and you will understand the story better. Read every third paragraph and you almost have a story written by a true author. Otherwise, this story is just pure junk.
As the title states, only read every other paragraph and you will understand the story better. Read every third paragraph and you almost have a story written by a true author. Otherwise, this story is just pure junk.
July 3, 2026
A fantastic story written in a unique way
The writing is definitely a different flavor then I've read before, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The mc is well balanced, not an idiot, and the companions are each very unique and slot into their roles perfectly. A very solid story in all aspects.
The writing is definitely a different flavor then I've read before, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The mc is well balanced, not an idiot, and the companions are each very unique and slot into their roles perfectly. A very solid story in all aspects.
June 28, 2026
Good book, but with inconsistencies
Gets a letter from Lyssa, who he killed in book 2. Great addition to the series but it seems like some events were forgotten from the first couple books.
Gets a letter from Lyssa, who he killed in book 2. Great addition to the series but it seems like some events were forgotten from the first couple books.
July 13, 2026
So book three and four should have been a single book. They repeat themselves constantly, and rather than build drama they just become pedantic. The ending is unimpressive and just disappointing. This was a terrible conclusion.
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